Bollywood movie sunsets
A week in Mumbai just isn't enough to get to know the city properly. But if you spend three days enjoying an Indian wedding in the company of your family, you're sure to find it a worthwhile experience. My first trip to India came just after I returned from Thailand. With a hangover and a notebook full of drawings, I got home to discover that my cousin was gong to get married to her Indian boyfriend. In India. There weren't going to be many ambassadors from my family, but I was eager to go, and we decided to go a few days early to explore the area and prepare for the wedding.
Our first stop was at Juhu Beach on the norhwest coast of the city, which allowed us to have direct contact with a reality that we had previously only imagined. Juhu Beach is a very popular tourist destination for Indians, with a lot of hotels - for those who can afford it. There are many actors, actresses and other Bollywood professionals living here, facing the Arabian Sea, and it shows in the Starbucks stores, spas and restaurants scattered along Juhu Road. As a tourist, you are expected to avoid walking, and take a taxi everywhere; although Gandhi abolished the caste system, the sad reality is that you can clearly see class differences between the citizens.
